Mosquitoes and ticks are nuisance insects. But according to the Ohio Department of Health (ODH), they are not remarkably active this year. There is one mosquito, however, that seems to be a particular nuisance: the Asian tiger mosquito. The Asian tiger carries a disease that makes even a simple hand gesture extremely painful. The disease […]
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Gov. Kasich addresses area chamber members
Ohio Governor John Kasich spoke to members of the Ashland, Bucyrus, Clearfork Valley, Galion-Crestline, and Richland Area Chambers of Commerce on Tuesday afternoon. The “Legislative Luncheon” was held at the Deer Ridge Golf Club and Sand Wedge Grill in Bellville. Ohio’s 69th governor, a Republican openly hoping for reelection this fall against Democrat Ed FitzGerald, […]
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Russo: A tribute to the “veteran’s veteran” of Richland County
One of the most prominent U.S. military figures in history, General Douglas MacArthur, once said, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” It’s a comforting, appropriate sentiment to describe one of the most prominent U.S. military figures in Richland County. Francis J. Russo, known to many simply as Frank, died at the age of […]
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Ballot board decides Clean Energy Amendment is single issue
COLUMBUS – The Ohio Ballot Board, chaired by Secretary of State Jon Husted, Monday certified that a proposed constitutional amendment concerning clean energy consists of one issue. Petitioners will now need to collect 385,247 signatures, which is equal to 10 percent of the total vote cast for governor in the most recent gubernatorial election. As […]
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ODOT releases weekly construction report
The Ohio Department of Transportation has released its weekly construction report update for the week of July 14. Ashland County State Route 58 – Update SR 58, between Township Road 673 and County Road 601, is closed for a culvert replacement. The detour route for northbound motorists is SR 58 to State Route 302; east […]
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Candidate for Ohio attorney general stops by Shelby
Some parade watchers at Saturday’s Shelby Bicycle Days shook hands and greeted David Pepper, a candidate for Ohio attorney general. Clad in a blue polo and light khakis, former Cincinnati councilman and Hamilton County Commission President Pepper greeted the crowd and handed out candy to introduce himself to voters. Attention to the local level of […]
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Mansfield Parks Department eyes improvements
Now that the Mansfield Parks Department is equipped with a fulltime staff—the first time for that to happen in six years—the department is looking forward to making signficant improvements. From 2008-2013, the parks department lacked a fulltime staff because of budgetary reasons. With the recent passage of the Mansfield City Municipal Levy, “The parks department […]
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Program encourages youth to get ‘hooked’ on healthy activity
To provide youth with a healthy activity in which they can have fun, the City of Mansfield is hosting a free program called Hooked on Fishing—Not on Drugs every Wednesday and Thursday until Aug. 14. Hooked on Fishing—Not on Drugs is a branch program of the Future Fisherman Foundation and involves communities throughout the nation, […]
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Secretary of State Husted announces Ballot Board meeting
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted has called a meeting of the Ohio Ballot Board for Monday, July 14, 2014, at 2 p.m. in the Senate Finance Hearing Room of the Ohio Statehouse, located on the first floor of the Senate Building at 1 Capitol Square, Columbus, Ohio. As required by Ohio law, the Ballot […]
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Brown calls for swift confirmation of nominee to Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Following a meeting today with Robert McDonald, former CEO of Procter and Gamble and the nominee for Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown – a senior member of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and a member of the 2014 veterans’ conference committee – called for swift confirmation […]